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Single Nucleotide Polymorphism-Based Analysis of the Genetic Structure of Liangshan Pig Population Open Access Anim Biosci Vol. 34, No. 7:1105-1115 July 2021 https://doi.org/10.5713/ajas.19.0884 pISSN 2765-0189 eISSN 2765-0235 Single nucleotide polymorphism-based analysis of the genetic structure of Liangshan pig population Bin Liu1,2,a, Linyuan Shen1,2,a, Zhixian Guo1,2, Mailing Gan1,2, Ying Chen3, Runling Yang4, Lili Niu1,2, Dongmei Jiang1,2, Zhijun Zhong5, Xuewei Li1,2, Shunhua Zhang1,2,*, and Li Zhu1,2,* * Corresponding Authors: Objective: To conserve and utilize the genetic resources of a traditional Chinese indigenous Shunhua Zhang Tel: +86-13982086205, Fax: +86-291010, pig breed, Liangshan pig, we assessed the genetic diversity, genetic structure, and genetic E-mail: [email protected] distance in this study. Li Zhu Methods: We used 50K single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) chip for SNP detection of Tel: +86-13982083385, Fax: +86-2291010, E-mail: zhuli7508@ 163.com 139 individuals in the Liangshan Pig Conservation Farm. Results: The genetically closed conserved population consisted of five overlapping gener­ 1 College of Animal Science and Technology, ations, and the total effective content of the population (Ne) was 15. The whole population Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China was divided into five boar families and one non­boar family. Among them, the effective 2 Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration size of each generation subpopulation continuously decreased. However, the proportion of and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan polymorphic markers (PN) first decreased and then increased. The average genetic distance Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611130, China of these 139 Liangshan pigs was 0.2823±0.0259, and the average genetic distance of the 14 3 Sichuan Province General Station of Animal boars was 0.2723±0.0384. Thus, it can be deduced that the genetic distance changed from Husbandry, Chengdu 610066, China generation to generation. In the conserved population, 983 runs of homozygosity (ROH) 4 Agriculture and Rural Bureau of Mabian Yi were detected, and the majority of ROH (80%) were within 100 Mb. The inbreeding Autonomous County, Mabian, 614600, China 5 Sichuan Academy of Animal Sciences, coefficient calculated based on ROH showed an average value of 0.026 for the whole Chengdu 610066, China population. In addition, the inbreeding coefficient of each generation subpopulation initially increased and then decreased. In the pedigree of the whole conserved population, a These authors contributed equally to this work. the error rate of paternal information was more than 11.35% while the maternal infor­ mation was more than 2.13%. ORCID Conclusion: This molecular study of the population genetic structure of Liangshan pig Bin Liu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6526-7983 showed loss of genetic diversity during the closed cross­generation reproduction process. Linyuan Shen It is necessary to improve the mating plan or introduce new outside blood to ensure long­ https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6072-3268 term preservation of Liangshan pig. Zhixian Guo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1425-8654 Mailing Gan Keywords: Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Chip; Liangshan Pig; Inbreeding https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9900-3559 Coefficient; Genetic Distance; Genetic Diversity Ying Chen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1580-7259 Runling Yang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7837-0656 Lili Niu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9783-0945 Dongmei Jiang INTRODUCTION https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9309-308X Zhijun Zhong According to the data (2004) from the Domestic Animal Diversity Information System https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7640-9545 Xuewei Li (DAD­IS) and Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), China produces one­third of https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4560-5137 the world's pig breeds [1]. Yet, the number of indigenous breeds has declined sharply in Shunhua Zhang https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0569-0146 the past 20 years due to breeding selection for lean meat and high growth rate of foreign Li Zhu pig breeds. Liangshan pig is a small, traditional Chinese breed mainly distributed in the https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7342-0880 mountain areas of Yi Autonomous Prefecture with an altitude of 1,500 to 2,000 m [2]. It is Submitted Nov 18, 2019; Revised Jan 24, 2020; Accepted Apr 14, 2020 well known for cold tolerance, crude feeding tolerance, and meat quality [3]. Due to a devas­ tating outbreak of African swine fever in 2019, the number of Liangshan pigs declined. Therefore, it is important to study the genetic diversity and the changes in genetic structure of the Liangshan pig population to evaluate and protect China’s abundant genetic resources. Copyright © 2021 by Animal Bioscience This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, www.animbiosci.org and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 1105 Liu et al (2021) Anim Biosci 34:1105-1115 Due to its low cost in recent years, genome­wide genotyp­ Polymorphic marker ratio (PN) refers to the proportion of ing has become beneficial when studying and researching polymorphic loci in the target population to the total num­ the genetic information of livestock [4]. The genetic variation ber of loci. We first calculated the minimum allele frequency in some Chinese pig breeds has been extensively studied for each locus using PLINK (v1.90) [7] and then calculated using high­density single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) PN using a self­programmed R script [9]. We calculated PN chips or whole genome sequencing [5]. Although the cost using the formula as follows: involved in genome­wide sequencing has greatly reduced, it is still relatively expensive. As a result, this hinders the M PN use of genome­wide sequencing for the analysis of large­ N scale samples. In this study, we use 50K SNP chip to analyze genetic diversity, genetic relationship, population structure, where M is the number of sites that exhibit polymorphism and inbreeding coefficient of Liangshan pigs in the conserved and N is the total number of sites. population farm. whereExpected M isheterozygosity the number of (He) sites refers that exhibitto the probabilitypolymorphism of and N is the total number of sites. heterozygosity at any one of the individuals in the popula­ MATERIALS AND METHODS tion; observedExpected heterozygosity heterozygosity (Ho) (He) refers refers to tothe the ratio probability of the of heterozygosity at any one of the number of individuals in a population where a locus is het­ individuals in the population; observed heterozygosity (Ho) refers to the ratio of the number Animal care erozygous to the total number of individuals. When the Ho All animal works were conducted according to the guide­ is lessof individuals than the He, in wea population speculate thatwhere the a population locus is heterozygous has ex­ to the total number of individuals. lines on the care and use of experimental animals established perienced selection or inbreeding; if the Ho is more than the by the Ministry of Agriculture of China. The Animal Care He,When the population the Ho is may less havethan introduced the He, we some speculate other varieties.that the population has experienced selection and Ethics Committee of Sichuan Agricultural University We used PLINK (v1.90) to calculate He and Ho [7]. specifically approved this study under Permit No. DKY­S2017 or inbreeding; if the Ho is more than the He, the population may have introduced some other 6906. Calculation of genetic distance and genetic relationshipvarieties. We used PLINK (v1.90) to calculate He and Ho [7]. Animals We used PLINK (v1.90) to calculate idengtical by state (IBS) Ear tissues from 139 purebred Liangshan pigs were collected distances and R script to build heat maps. IBS refers to the for DNA extraction from the Liangshan Pig Conservation DNACalculation fragment ofidentical genetic by distance descent inand two genetic or more relationship individ­ Farm of Leshan, Sichuan province. After pedigree data query, uals, and these DNA fragments have the same base sequence. all samples were divided into a total of five generation sub­ IBSWe only used considers PLINK the (v1.90) similarity to calculate of genetic idengtical markers orby alleles state (IBS) distances and R script to build populations (Supplementary Table S1). between individuals, regardless of whether they come from theheat same maps. ancestor IBS orrefers not. toTherefore, the DNA there fragment is no idenneedtical for paby­ descent in two or more individuals, Single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping rental genotyping. The genetic distance based on IBS can DNA was extracted from the ear tissues by phenol­chloro­ stilland analyze these theDNA genetic fragments relationship have the of thesame population base sequence. with­ IBS only considers the similarity of form extraction method [6], and the quality of DNA was out information on the pedigree or ancestral samples. We genetic markers or alleles between individuals, regardless of whether they come from the detected by ultraviolet spectrophotometry (NanoDrop, 2000; used G matrix (v2) and R to calculate kinship values and heat Thermo Scientific, ShangHai, China) and gel electrophoresis mapssame [10]. ancestor G matrix or isnot. a genomic Therefore, relationship there is matrixno need con for­ parental genotyping. The genetic (BIO­RAD & DYPC­31BN, Newbio Gi­1, WuHan, China). structed with whole genome markers. Since the pedigree The qualified 139 DNA samples were genotyped using informationdistance basedof a conserved on IBS populationcan still analyze is usually the not ge recorded,netic relationship of the population without “Zhongxin­I” Porcine Breeding Chip (Beijing Compass G matrix is suitable for calculating the genetic relationship. Agritechnology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China), which contains information on the pedigree or ancestral samples. We used G matrix (v2) and R to calculate 51,315 SNPs. Quality control of genotype data was performed Analysis of population structure using PLINK (v1.90) software [7].
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